Mark Gagnon

So England basically has control.

And like at this point, we're post 1900s, like post scramble for Africa.

Colonization is like a little bit less in vogue.

There's a lot more of a push to kind of decolonize.

You can't just like steal resources from all these countries.

Slavery is abolished.

Like the general consensus of how.

these empires need to operate is going a little bit more like soft power, diplomacy, back-end deals.

And so as a result, Britain's in there basically as mandates.

They're not, again, colonizing these countries.

They are just the guarantors or the conservators of these countries.

And when they're discovering oil, they basically broker a deal with the British and say, hey, we're going to cut you a really, really low rate on this oil.

And you guys will help us with infrastructure and getting it and safety and all this stuff.

And we're going to hook you guys up with a crazy deal.

And America basically, or Britain and America basically says, all right.

So as a result, America's cool with the Shah and they're getting their kickbacks, you know.

But BP like kind of voluntarily leaves and is like, we don't want the headache of having to govern you guys.

We just want your oil.

So just give us the oil.

Makes sense.